It simply doesn’t make a lot of sense to entrust leadership to a country with a severe personality disorder.
America Rejoins the World?
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Palestine
Trump Moves to Involve U.S. Businesses and Academics in the Occupation of Palestine
The Trump administration is helping Israel steal Palestinian land.
How the Next Presidential Candidate Can Defeat Trump
President Trump has violated the spirit and the letter of the U.S. constitution and U.S. laws. His penchant for one-person rule can be seen in his Muslim travel ban, his attempts at interfering with the Department of Justice and the special counsel’s investigation,...
Trump: Toward War in the Middle East
The United States is at war in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, and possibly soon in Iran as well. Donald Trump has also sided with Saudi Arabia in its bloodless conflict with Qatar. The Saudi Arabia-Qatar standoff is no less serious than the other hot wars....
Palestinian Children’s Lives Are Shaped By 50 Years of Military Occupation
There are two places to visit if you want to know the human impact of Israel’s 50-year military occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory: an Israeli military court and the sitting room of a Palestinian family. I have been to both. I work for the American...
Trump v. Islam
Donald Trump rode to power on a wave of fear. During his presidential campaign, he portrayed terrorists, immigrants, the Chinese government and many other people and entities as threats to America. But nothing proved more powerful as a mobilizing force than his...
Obama, Kerry, and Israeli-Palestinian Realities
President Barack Obama’s decision that the U.S. abstain on the vote at the UN Security Council regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Secretary of State John Kerry’s talk on the Israeli Palestinian conflict have been attacked too often with willful...
Goodbye, Clinton!
Two days before the November elections, Elizabeth Moreno was driving to the Democratic Party headquarters in Manassas to pick up a list of addresses. She was planning to spend another day of canvassing to get out the vote for her candidate Hillary Clinton. Elizabeth...
Bolton, Giuliani: Finalists to Head Trump State Department
The election of any new president brings some uncertainty about how that president’s administration will govern. But the uncertainty surrounding the incoming Donald Trump administration is greater than usual, for the simple reason that Trump was remarkably unclear and...
Missing from the Debate: U.S. Aid to Israel
Some Yiddish words will live forever, and chutzpah is one of them. What better word could describe Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s demand for more U.S. aid after he tried to obstruct President Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran with a personal appeal to...